Mumbai Indians (MI) must win all the remaining matches or they will be straight out of the league. Three times champions MI had seen a lot of badluck this season. They tried hard, they did a very good job but not enough to place a win in their court. MI have lost 6 Matches out of 8 which make them stand in the bottom of the league. For MI it’s a battlr for their existence. While Kings XI punjab is looking forward to a win and list in the top 3 with 12 points similar to CSK and SRH.
Mumbai Indians (MI) and Kings XI Punjab (KXIP) have played 20 matches against each other in Indian Premier League (IPL); out of which both Kings XI Punjab and Mumbai Indians have won 10 matches each.
In last 10 matches played between Mumbai Indians and Kings XI Punjab, Mumbai Indians have won 6 matches and 4 are won by Kings XI Punjab.
Team Strengths : MI has shown a class cricket under the captaincy of Ro-Hit Sharma. They have a good batting squad including Ben Cutting, Hardik Pandya, Suryakumar Yadav and Kieron Pollard. While Kings XI Punjab has Chris Gayle, Yuvraj Singh, Lokesh Rahul, David Miller and Mayank Agarwal.
In the Bowling side MI looks a bit strong with pacers as Bumrah and Rahman with a strong spin bowling squad as rising star Mayank Markande and Krunal Pandya. MI has taken most wickets in this season – 58. Which means MI takes a wicket every 16.36 balls which makes this team ruthless against batsmen. Kings are playing with the power spins of Ashwin the captain followed by Mujeeb who has been a nightmare for batsmen. Mohit Sharma and Ankit Rajpoot are charged pacers.
Face off in Indore : Both the teams only once battled in Holkar Stadium, Indore and MI easily chases the target of 199 in 15.3 overs.
Mumbai Indians and Kings Xi Punjab will play their next match in IPL 2018 at Holkar Cricket Stadium, Indore on 4 May 2018, which means today evening. MI have to turn it blow from the ashes and KXIP has to continue their legacy of winning. There is a lot of cricketing action today. Stay tuned.
